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Noma Dumezweni

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Noma Dumezweni is a South African-British actress. In 2006, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for her performance as Ruth Younger in A Raisin in the Sun at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre.

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In their own words 9

Noma Dumezweni
said · May 2018
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I find that phrase reductive. I'm a black woman and I'm an actress who plays a character named Hermione. J.K.

Noma Dumezweni on Playing Hermione and Meeting Emma Watson Oprah Magazine (May 2018)

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Noma Dumezweni
said · Nov 13, 2025
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If you can’t imagine yourself in one of those boats, you have something missing. They are dying for a life worth living.

Harry Potter’s Noma Dumezweni delivers spellbinding speech: “I am a refugee child” Stylist (retrieved 13 November 2025)

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Noma Dumezweni
said · Nov 13, 2025
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If I could bring back one trend it would be looking people in the eye; acknowledging their presence with a simple ‘hey’ or nod as they pass you by.

Noma Dumezweni on the culture that’s made her Elle Decoration (retrieved 13 November 2025)

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Filmography 25

The Little Mermaid2023 · ★ 6.3
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind2019 · ★ 7.9
Mary Poppins Returns2018 · ★ 6.5
Retribution2023 · ★ 6.5
The Kid Who Would Be King2019 · ★ 6.2
Dirty Pretty Things2002 · ★ 6.9
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead2009 · ★ 7.5
The Friend2025 · ★ 6.7
Macbeth2001
The Roof2016
Mysterious Creatures2006
Out of Darkness2013
The Same Storm2022
Fallout2008
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel2021
Lions of the Skeleton Coast2025
Soul of the Ocean2022
The Grey Man2007
ReEntry2024
Teeth2012
Prima Facie2026
Statue Wars: One Summer in Bristol2021
The Marriage of Reason & Squalor2015
Magpie Sings the Blues2012
Tusker: Brotherhood of Elephants2026

46 credits on file

Television 21

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999
Law & Order1990
Doctor Who2005
Midsomer Murders1997
Silent Witness1996
Nature1982
Only Murders in the Building2021
Shameless2004
Normal People2020
Presumed Innocent2024
The Watcher2022
New Tricks2004
Murderbot2025
The Undoing2020
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams2017
Made for Love2021
The Colour of Magic2008
Black Earth Rising2018
The Last Enemy2008
Best Interests2023
Fallen Angel2007

Awards 2

2018BBC 100 Women
Laurence Olivier Awards

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About this person

Noma Dumezweni is a South African-British actress. In 2006, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for her performance as Ruth Younger in A Raisin in the Sun at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. In 2017, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Hermione Granger in the original West End run of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; she reprised the role for the show's original Broadway run and, in 2018, was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

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Country
South Africa
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
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Dates
Born 1969 · age 57
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20 languages

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